St. Andrews Presbyterian College
8 The Lance
Sports
News
Issues Forum:
Justice For The Soccer Team?
BY NEIL DAVIS
This fall season was a
rough one for the men’s and
women’s soccer teams. They
posted 5-13 and 5-12-1 records
respectively. The men’s team
had to forfeit three games, for
disciplinary reasons. The
women were led by juniors
Rachel Vickers and Shelly
Kleinschmidt with twelve goals
each. Lead goal scorer for the
men was Jimmy Eamma with
five.
The Volleyball team is
preparing for its postseason.
Up to this point, the team is 23-
17 including 8-1 in the confer
ence. Tracey Milliman has been lighting up the court all season. She
was CVAC player of the week (10/15-10/21) with 63 kills and 117
digs in that span, during which St. Andrews went 4-2. Amanda
Gomey, a junior, has become a crowd favorite with her signature kung
fu serve.
Late autiunn brings with it the beginning of basketball season.
Head coach Ron Lievense
takes the team to Gaffney,
South Carolina to take on
Limestone College in the
season opener, November
21st. We can see them play on
the 17th, when Fort Bragg
comes to St. Andrews for an
exhibition game.
Friday, November 11 at
7:00 pm, the college athletic
program will host a baseball
memorabilia auction to benefit
the baseball team. Items on the
block include several pieces
autographed by Cal Ripken Jr..
For more information about
the event, including details on
the items available and “silent
bid procedures, call 910 277-
5274.
These are just a portion of the re
sponses from the heated debate
over the recent cancellation of the
Men’s Soccer season:
“...those few responsible should
have suffered the consequences,
not everyone. It’s true that the
actions of a few reflect the school
as a whole. There are people on
the team that were there to win
and work for themselves. Those
responsible students should not
have to suffer because of a stupid
few.”
-Mary Wallace
“There comes a time when we all
have to grow up. For some it
comes sooner than others. As in
the case of the four freshmen that
stole the jerseys, they have a long
time until that happens. How can
18 people be held responsible for
the actions of four people? Aside
from physical actions, we did all
we could to prevent them from
taking the {jerseys}. They did it
anjTvay...People are going to do
what they want to do no matter
what. Even if they are forewarned
of the consequences. I have two
more years of soccer left. How
ever, my senior team members
don’t. The last memory of soccer
they will have is the faces of those
four freshmen who not only ru
ined the remainder of the
underclassmen’s season, but also
ruined the soccer memories for
those seniors who never re^ly got
to play their last collegiate match.
-Dan Pagotta
Jeremy Blackwell
“One thing I think we need to look
at here is what responsibility the
coach has had to take for this in
cident. As I understand it, the stu
dents’ actions were ignored the
first time; to which I must ask,
‘What did he expect to happen...I
am not sure whether the entire
soccer team is responsible for the
actions of a few, but if they are
and therefore deserving of disci
plinary action, then so is the coach
and any other persons in author
ity who failed to address the
problem...until they accept that
responsibility, the soccer team has
not been disciplined, but
scapegoated.”
-Derek Youmans
“...by ignoring incidents that oc
curred as early as pre-season, in
cidents that precursored the
season’s demise, we are all re
sponsible for the termination of
the season. For any of us to sit and
point fingers at specific individu
als is ludicrous...it may well be in
teresting to not that the oh so evil
“Gang of Four” have been placed
on probation by the soccer team
and were ratted out to the coach
by their teammates-there is one
great example of honor and re
sponsibility.
-Matthew Finke
“...I do not want to see the action
enforced upon the soccer team
enforced upon any other segment
of the student body...If it begins
happening, I may have to take my
$16,000 a year.dsewhere.”
-Rob Knight